Thunder are preparing as if Westbrook will not play on Tuesday

After practice on Monday, Billy Donovan spoke to the media concerning Russell Westbrook’s availability for the regular season opener on Tuesday night.

Donovan and the coaching staff seem to be in the dark when discussing Westbrook’s health for game one with “progressing” being a word brought up consistently.

Westbrook was re-evaluated last week after an established four-week timetable was up and it was determined that he still could not participate in full contact practice.

As Westbrook has still yet to be cleared for full practice, the Thunder are preparing as if Westbrook will not be playing against the Warriors to open the regular season.

Billy Donovan said the Thunder has prepared like Russell Westbrook isn’t playing and if he is playing. “Every day he’s done a little bit more, but they want to evaluate after he does workouts to see how he’s feeling.”